US EditionHeads Roll in Italian Government After Referendum Rout
Nearly 54% of Italian voters opposed the judicial reform, seen by commentators as a setback to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's leadership.
- On Monday, Italian voters rejected a judicial reform referendum, with almost 54% opposing the proposal and dealing a significant blow to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's re-election ambitions.
- Domani declared the result an "Italian miracle" ending "Meloni's illusion of invincibility," while Libero lamented the "survival of an ailing system" and La Verita criticized the "most misleading referendum campaigns in history."
- Opposition newspaper La Repubblica underscored dissent by headlining with a "great big No!," while Il Fatto Quotidiano proclaimed "Italy wakes up" following the vote.
- The Financial Times reported on 13 of Viktor Orban's associates who allegedly obtained fraudulent government contracts, compounding tensions ahead of Hungary's April elections.
- French media dedicated front pages to former prime minister Lionel Jospin, who passed away on Sunday at 88, remembered by Le Temps as a figure of the "all-powerful Socialist Party.
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For the third time the Italian people opposed a tampering with the Constitution. In 2006 the Berlusconian attempt was rejected, in 2016 that of Renzi and today the attempt of Meloni. The sign that emerges is therefore that of a country with an anti-fascist and constitutional majority that is active in the face of the risk of tampering with democratic rules. A majority that goes far beyond the borders of the political forces. The referendum saw a…
The rodapalo that Giorgia Meloni has suffered in the referendum held in Italy this Sunday and Monday, a consultation for a constitutional reform of the judiciary, has been so clear and unforeseen that analysts are trying to find the keys that escape the usual logic of the vote. At least three decisive phenomena have occurred: young people have voted not en masse, like the south of the country and, above all, part of the right-wing electorate has…
Referendum defeat 'brings Meloni back down to earth' say Europe media
Premier Giorgia Meloni's defeat in the justice-reform referendum has brought her back down to earth, European media said after Monday's result saying this was the first major setback for the hitherto seemingly invincible leader and also linking it to her f... (ANSA)
Referendum defeat has dented Giorgia Meloni’s invincibility
Every time an Italian prime minister amasses enough political capital to try and change the country’s economic rut, they blow their chance by messing with the electoral system or the constitution. Silvio Berlusconi’s Porcellum, a self-serving electoral law passed in 2005, ended up backfiring on him and helped to bring down the system it was supposed to protect. Matteo Renzi, the most serious reformer in 21st-century Italian politics, tried to ch…
The end of Meloni's invincibility? Italian papers react to her failed referendum
PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, March 24, 2026: First, French papers are dedicating their front pages to former prime minister Lionel Jospin, who passed away on Sunday at the age of 88. Next, Italian front pages discuss the results of Monday's failed referendum. Also, the Financial Times looks into the misuse of public funds in Hungary. Finally, not all climate news is bad news.
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